China Threatened by Dengerous Air Pollution

Dangerously high pollution
levels shrouded Beijing in smog on Tuesday for the second time in about
two weeks, forcing airlines to cancel flights because of poor
visibility and prompting the city government to warn residents to stay
indoors.

The outlines of buildings in the capital receded into a
white mist as pedestrians donned face masks to guard against the thick,
caustic air. The US Embassy reported a level of PM2.5 one of the worst
pollutants at 526 micrograms per cubic metre, or "beyond index," and
more than 20 times higher than World Health Organisation safety levels
over a 24-hour period.

The Beijing city government advised
residents to stay indoors as much as possible because the pollution was
"severe." It said that because there was no wind, the smog probably
would not dissipate quickly.
Visibility was less than 100 metres (109 yards) in some areas of eastern China,
the official Xinhua news agency reported. Air China cancelled 14
domestic flights in or out of the Beijing airport, and an airport in the
eastern city of Qingdao was closed, cancelling 20 flights.

The
disruptions came in the first week of the country's peak, six-week
period for travel, linked to the 10 February lunar new year. Every year,
China's transport system bursts at the seams as tens of millions of
people travel for the holiday, in the world's largest seasonal migration
of people.

Celebrity real estate developer Pan Shiyi, who has
previously pushed for cities to publish more detailed air quality data,
called for a "Clean Air Act" on Tuesday and said he would use his status
as a delegate to the

National People's Congress to propose such
legislation.

In less than three hours, his post was forwarded more than 2,300 times and received 14,184 votes, with 99.1% in favour.

Beijing
also had exceptionally high pollution two weeks ago, with the US
Embassy readings of PM2.5 reaching as high as 886 micrograms per cubic
metre.

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